Improvement in sofa-bedsteads



UNITED STArns NICHOLAS MCGRAV,

PATENT @erica or NEW-YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT `IN SOFAQBESTEADS.

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 1,030, dated December 10, 1838.

To all whom it' may concern Be it known that LNICHOLAS MCGRAW, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sol'a-Bedsteads, and that the following a full and exact description.

The nameof my invention is McGraws Parlor Extension-Sofa.

The nature of it consists in so arranging the seat ot' aslofa that itcan be drawn out infront and le't the back cushion fall.

To enable others skilledin the business to make and use it, l herein describe its construction and operation.

The appearance ofthe sofa when closed and used as a sofa only is precisely that of an elegant and fashionable article ot'furnitureof' that description, andvhas nothing about i-t toindicate that it could be transformed to a bedstead. The main part of the sofa is made with four legs, the front ones small and ot' a peculiar shape, to be hereinafter described. The frame is much like that of an ordinary sofa. It contains a box in the bottom of a peculiar construction, to contain bed-clothing if required. \Vhen there is no clothing in it it shuts up close to the back rail, and is secured with a button. When it contains bed-clothing it is dropped down on the back side, (see E, Figs. 2 and 5,) being made like a bellows and hinged at front, and forms a box large enough for ordinary 'purposes without being visible, In

Fig. 2 it is shown dropped down to the door.

E ach end orarm of the sofa is hollow and/ arranged to "admit the head or foot board A, which runs upon rollers. There is a groove or slot on the inside of the arms or ends, at the bottom of the seat, in which the sliding frame moves. (See k for the situation ofthe grooves.)

The back ot' the sofa as ordinarily made is permanent, like that of'any sofa, but in one arrangement of it it is hinged at bottom on a line with the seat, and is made to drop down. rlhere is a quadrant at each end F, which supports it,"beside which there is a leg at each end, on the back side, which turns down. It is sometimes be dispensed with, as Fig. 3. The whole front of the sofa slides out. The head and foot boards are attached permanently to the front part and slide in the spaces left in the arms or ends, or they can be made to slide 0n either the outside or inside of the arm. It is, however, preferable to make them to slide ont from the hollowpart of the arm, as when drawn out, so as to lay both cushions on the seat and make the width double. The sofal still retains an appearance of beauty and neatness which does not render it less an article ot' ornamental furniture, and would make of it a luxurious couch without any appearance of abed. (See perspective view, Fig. 1, annexed drawings.)

When the sofa-` is extended it has six legs.

The small legs G front of the main part-to wit, the middle legs--are small and adapted to lit into the ornamental legs of the sliding front in such a manner that the smaller legs are -invisible and both together look like one leg.

D is the front leg, (see Fig. 8,) which shows the space in which the small leg lits.

The sacking which 'contains the cushions is upon two slides, hinged at the middle. (See Figs. 6 and 7 in the,a'nnexed drawings which make part of this specification.) -The front part, H, is permanently connected with the sliding front of the sofa, and is made to move in the slots or grooves marked k, Figs. 6 and 7, at each end of the seat. The two sackings are tightened by a cord connecting them.

The back part of the slide is hinged'to the front slide. When the sofa is closed this forms part of the back,'standing vertically. When the front is drawn out this back slide G drops down and lies dat on a level with the front slide. cushion and back slideare raised, and then the sliding front is pushed back to its place and the back slide shuts into the back of the sofa and the cushion rests against it.

rlhe cushions in a sofa of this construction are generally made movable; but the front cushion may be made permanent, if required, and it would be practicable to attach the back cushion permanently to the back slide.

The chietl intention of this sofa is to be used as au extended sofa or couch to recline upon,I

the back. i When it does drop the legs may I When the sofa is to be closed the back being; arranged so that it cau-be extended in :i second of time with perfectJ ease to double its width, and yet; when so extended preserving all the beauty and nentncss ot' the finest article of' parlor-furniture. It can also be closed again in one second, without trouble, even by e child, as the heed and foot boards (see A) run upon rollers within the arms or ends of the sofa. (See Fig. 5, I.)

What; I claim as. my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is .not the construetion of n sofav with n sliding,r front or with a falling back and move ble bottom, teken individually, these devices not; being new, but the. particular manner in which I have combined the respective parts of my sofa, as herein de scribed-that; is to say,

I claimlhe sliding front as combined with theI secy ond port-ion of the seeking-bottom and fname N. MCGRAW.

Witnesses:

OWEN G. WARREN, S. 'EVERETT GLAPP. 

